(19)
(11) EP 1 001 585 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/20

(21) Application number: 99122315.7

(22) Date of filing: 09.11.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04M 1/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 10.11.1998 JP 31936198

(71) Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kitamura, Toshiyasu
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 245-0052 (JP)
  • Konishi, Kazuhiro
    Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka 436-6051 (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Portable terminal device


(57) The present invention is for providing a portable terminal device with improved mechanical strength and rigidity of a case so as to prevent damage of functional parts with respect to bend or twist deriving from a small size and a thin shape of the portable terminal device main body, which comprises a printed board with mounting parts mounted thereon, a lower case with receiving ribs provided corresponding to the arrangement position of the mounting parts for receiving the mounting parts, and a battery case provided below the lower case for supporting deformation of the lower case.






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